Michelle Wigg

Background

About Michelle Wigg

I am currently consulting in online project management, operations and event coordination. My clients include arts and creative industries, social entrepreneurs and changemakers, and personal finance content creators. I bring 16 years of experience in planning and delivery of some of the world's largest events in Australia, UK, USA and New Zealand. Together with learnings from my Master of Management (UniSA), I now apply these skills remotely in this "new normal". Career highlights have included:* Events & Communications Support, Collaboration for Impact 2020-2021 - delivery and coordination of digital webinars, workshops and training, including a year-long Systems Change Learning Program * Podcast Producer, Post Carbon Institute USA 2020-2021 - interview series answering the question,"What Could Possibly Go Right?"* USA working sabbatical in 2018-19, including event delivery roles at Sundance Film Festival, South by Southwest, New Orleans Film Festival, Tribeca NYC Film Festival and others * Travel Coordinator, WOMADelaide 2017-18 - arranging international artist visas and logistics * TV/Film production coordinator work with television series Wolf Creek 2015 and Stateless (ABC) 2019 * Producer (Theatre/Dance), OzAsia Festival at Adelaide Festival Centre 2016 & Associate Producer, Brisbane Festival 2014 * Artist & Venue Services Manager, Adelaide Fringe 2010-2013 - overseeing a team responsible for supporting 900 events in the Southern Hemisphere's largest arts festival Recent remote work has included coordinating and tech hosting of Zoom webinars and virtual conference sessions; podcast and video series production, with editing, transcription and writing show notes; sourcing co-authors, writing chapters and collating content for a FinTech start-up's book; and SEO content writing for a travel website. Core event experience is in Arts & Festival Management; Event Management; Travel Coordination; Logistics; Artist Liaison; Producing; Front of House; and Ticketing Services (managerial and frontline). An avid traveller to 40 countries so far, I pride myself on being nimble, resourceful and adaptable in my life and work.